KARACHI: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has made progress in terrorfunding to Da’aish in Syria.

A terror suspect, Umar bin Khalid, arrested by the CTD of Sindh Police inKarachi, has made sensational disclosures while being questioned by the lawenforcement officials.

Umar bin Khalid disclosed that he was providing funds to four Pakistaniwomen who went to Syria and joined Da’aish, with bitcoin.

“All four women, who joined the terrorist group in Syria, have been nativesof Lahore,” arrested man told investigators.

“A youth staying in UK is also part of the terror funding network,”arrested terrorist disclosed.

The Counter Terrorism Department has wrote a letter to the I.G. SindhPolice for seeking mutual legal assistance from the UK as well as Syria tofurther inquire into the terror funding case.

The arrested suspect has been student of an engineering university inKarachi, officials said.

“After a forensic analysis of Khalid’s mobile phones, we came to know thathe had links with the terror outfit and was sending money to Syria,” OmerShahid Hamid, deputy inspector general of the Counter-Terrorism Departmentof Sindh Police, had earlier said. “Khalid used to send cash to anaccomplice in Hyderabad, who used to send the money to Syria throughbitcoins.”

Hamid said that so far, Khalid had sent more than a million Pakistanirupees.